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Emergency Plan Policy

Emergency
Plan Policy

Lakewood
Elementary School

The principal or
principal’s designee, in consultation with parents, teachers, other school
staff, and local first responders, will collaboratively develop the school’s
emergency management plan as a way to develop and document efforts to prevent,
mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. The emergency

management plan will
include procedures for fire, severe weather, earthquake, and building lockdown
as

specified in Kentucky
statutes and regulations. The plan, which must be adopted by the council and

implemented, will
include, but not be limited to:

·Establishment
of primary and secondary evacuation routes which must be posted in each room by
each doorway used for evacuation;

·Identification
of severe weather safe zones that have been reviewed by the fire marshal/fire
chief, which must be posted in each room;

·Practices
for students to follow in an earthquake;

·Development
and adherence to access control measures for each school building, which may

include
(but not be limited to):

oControlling
access to exterior doors during the day

oControlling
front door access electronically or with a greeter

oControlling
access to individual classrooms

oRequiring
visitor check-in with identification and purpose provided, and

oDisplay
of visitor’s badge on outer clothing; and

·Practices
for students to follow in in case of fire that are consistent with
administrative regulations of the Department of Housing, Buildings and
Construction.

·Procedures
for lockdown of the campus

Local law enforcement
shall be invited to assist in establishing lockdown procedures.

Following adoption,
the emergency plan and diagrams of the facilities will be provided to
appropriate first responders. First responders, for the purpose of this policy,
include local fire personnel, local, county

and/or state police
personnel, and emergency medical personnel. Due to the need to maintain student

and staff safety and
security, the emergency plan and diagram of the facility will not be disclosed
in

response to any Open
Records requests.

Prior to the first
instructional day of school, the principal, or designee, will present and
review all

emergency procedures
with all staff. Documentation including the time and date of the review will be
kept

on file at the school
with a copy sent to the district office to document completion. Documentation
may

include methods such
as a sign-in sheet that includes the printed name of each staff member (all
certified

and classified
staff), the signature of the staff member and the date and time of the review.

Within the first
thirty (30) instructional days of the school year and again during the month of
January, the

school will conduct
one (1) severe weather drill, one (1) earthquake drill, and one building
lockdown. .

Fire drills will be
conducted in accordance with timelines, procedures and requirements outlined in
the

DHBC regulations.
Whenever possible, first responders shall be given notice of possible drills
and invited

to observe. The
principal is responsible for ensuring the implementation of these drills and
reporting

completion and
problems noted during the drill to the school council and to the district
central office for any remedial action needed.

At the end of each
school year, the emergency procedures are to be reviewed by the school council
(or

designated school
council committee with report to the school council) and first responders and
revised

as needed.

Annually, the
principal is responsible for working with the central office to ensure that all
local first

responders have a
current diagram of the school that notes the primary and secondary evacuation
routes,

the severe weather
safe zones and notations of the exterior and front entrance access points.

Completion will be
reported to the council and documentation maintained in the principal’s office.

A comprehensive
diagram of the school showing primary and secondary evacuation routes will be
posted

at each school
doorway prior to the first instructional day of school. Identified severe
weather safe zones

which have been
identified and reviewed by the local fire marshal or fire chief will be posted
at each

school doorway prior
to the first instructional day of school.

POLICY EVALUATION

We will evaluate the effectiveness of this policy through
our School Improvement Planning Process.